On an April afternoon in Portland, far from the ice fields of Greenland and the shifting shipping lanes of the far north, a conversation was taking place about the Arctic that felt far less distant The 2026 Arctic Law, Science, … Read More
Every year, the University of Maine School of Law comes alive with one of its most anticipated and spirited traditions: the Maine Association for Public Interest Law (MAPIL) Annual Auction. This year, the 38th annual event didn’t just meet expectations—it … Read More
More than a century ago, Passamaquoddy singers gathered around a wax cylinder recorder—an unfamiliar new machine brought onto their homeland by visitors from Harvard University. They sang war songs, dance songs, and family songs meant to travel only within their … Read More
As high school students from York, Cumberland, and Androscoggin Counties filed into the Moot Court Room there was only one point of agreement; no one wanted to sit in the front row. They were visiting Maine Law for “The Law … Read More
On November 22, Maine Law hosted its Fourth Annual Indian Law and History Lecture titled Land Back and the Law. Professor Monte Mills, the Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and the Director of the Native American Law Center (NALC) … Read More